Emap Maclaren has appointed Chris Reynolds as Sales Manager for Glassex 2005, having been previously an Area Sales Manager for the 2004 event. A keen cricketer and member of the MCC, he is currently chairman of the Old Freemen’s Cricket Club and has an active personal life as Councillor in his local district council having won his seat earlier this year, and governor of a local primary school.

Ian Wood has been appointed Chief Executive of the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF), brought into being by the merger of the Association of Building Hardware Manufacturers (ABHM) with the Door and Shutter Manufacturers’ Association (DSMA). His appointment follows the retirement of Derek Smith.

Mr Wood was Managing Director at Ingersoll-Rand Safety and Security, formerly Newman Tonks, a group comprising Briton door closers, Legge Locks and Marking Roberts steel door and Dor-O-Matic auto-door systems.